Hilliard Kiwanis Club, 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Heritage Golf Club, 3235 Heritage Club Drive, Hilliard. Programs involve community service and youth programs with the schools in Hilliard. For membership information, visit hilliardkiwanis.com.

Hilliard Mayor Don Schonhardt oversaw the lighting of the city's 20-foot artificial tree at Hilliard's Station Park after performances by choirs from Darby High School and Scioto Darby Elementary School during the Hilliard Holiday Hop on Dec. 1.

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Using data from seven central Ohio cities, a Massachusetts agency will conduct a study to determine if tax abatements granted to businesses between 1995 and 2015 actually created economic growth or merely shifted the tax burden to others.

Mayor Don Schonhardt said Hilliard is not prepared to sign on the dotted line to purchase the Columbus Metropolitan Library branch on Cemetery Road, but library officials say the decision would not affect the opening of the new Hilliard branch at Hickory Chase in late 2017 or early 2018.